UNION CITY -- Two individuals were sent to the hospital early this morning after a fight broke out in front a bar on Bergenline Avenue near 44th Street, officials said.

A 23-year-old West New York man was stabbed in the lower right side of his back at about 1:52 a.m. and was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center; and a 26-year-old man, also from West New York, was beaten in the face and head and taken Hoboken University Medical Center, city spokesman Mark Albiez said.

The injuries were not considered non-life threatening, he said.

Albiez said three individuals were arrested and charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and unlawful possession of weapon: Raul Fernando Salvador, 22, of West New York, Amado Esquivel, 26, of Union City, and Miguel Segundo, 23, of Jersey City.

The reports did not indicate what the fight was about or who specifically wielded the knife, Albiez said.